Exodus 6
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Summary
The Lord’s name is Jehovah, and the lineage of Reuben, Simeon, and Levi.
| KJV | JST |
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| (3) And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. | (3) And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob. I am the Lord God Almighty, the Lord Jehovah. And was not my name known unto them. |
| (4) And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. | (4) Yea, and I have also established my covenant with them which I made with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. |
| (8) And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord. | (8) And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord will do it. |
| (12) And Moses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips? | (12) And Moses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who is of uncircumcised lips? |
| (14) These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben. | (14) These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Phallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben. |
| (26) These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies. | (26) These are the sons of Aaron according to their families, and all these are the names of the children of Israel according to the heads of their families that the Lord said unto Aaron and Moses they should bring up out of the land of Egypt according to their armies. |
| (27) These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron. | (27) These are they concerning whom the Lord spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he should let them go. And he sent Moses and Aaron to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. |
| (28) And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, | (28) And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, |
| (29) That the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I am the Lord: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee. | (29) That the Lord commanded Moses, that he should speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee, saying, I the Lord will do unto Pharaph king of Egypt all that I say unto thee. |
| (30) And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? | (30) And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of stammering lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? |
Commentary
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Wally Breitenstein, “Exodus 1–6,” in Exodus, Old Testament Minute Commentary Series, ed. Taylor Halverson (Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2021).
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Further Reading
Bruce J. Boehm, “Wanderers in the Promised Land: A Study of the Exodus Motif in the Book of Mormon and Holy Bible,” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3, no. 1 (1994): 187–203
Edward J Brandt, “Aaron, Brother of Moses,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, 4 vols. (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1992), 1:1.
S. Kent Brown, “Trust in the Lord: Exodus and Faith,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company; Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005), 154–63.
John Hilton III and Lani Hilton, “Motherhood in the Old Testament,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
George A. Horton Jr., “Insights into Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy,” in The Joseph Smith Translation: The Restoration of Plain and Precious Things, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Robert L. Millet (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1985), 71–88.
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